mouth (off)

verb

ˈmau̇t͟h How to pronounce mouth (off) (audio)
Definition of mouth (off)next
as in to speak
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouth (off)
  1. speak
  2. talk
  3. discourse
  4. orate
  5. declaim
  6. announce
Verb
  • In an interview with TIME in May, the Rare Beauty founder, 31, spoke about her relationship with the music producer, 36, noting that if the two hadn't met, her future plans included adopting a baby a few years down the road.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Joined by Governor Josh Shapiro, Frye spoke at a press conference where the arrest was announced.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of speak
Verb
  • Pippen has been vocal about his desire tie sports and cryptocurrency together, and talks regularly about Bitcoin.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Oh boy … immediately after being asked about Sarah (Dawn Olivieri), Jamie (Wes Bentley) loses his mind while talking to detectives.
    William Earl, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of talk
Verb
  • But by Obama’s second term in office, discourse about the importance of representation in media had intensified, and the show came under fire in 2013 for not featuring a Black woman cast member in five years.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Kiss or no kiss, Glen Powell is just happy fans care enough about Twisters to start discourse online.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of discourse
Verb
  • Is there a historical context where the struggle has been orated by other groups?
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
  • At the age of 3, little Malachi Lukes was orating at his school in the style of President Barack Obama.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
Definition of orate
Verb
  • Oliveira films on location, with the actors in costume, declaiming in boldly theatrical tones that seem wrenched whole from the era of the play’s origins.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Ten minutes later, a few dozen people were crowding into 192 Books, on Tenth Avenue, to hear Grau declaim in a dead language.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of declaim
Verb
  • For example, ExxonMobil recently announced a plan to ramp up volumes by 18% to 2030.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The weighty subject of Whitehead’s novel seems to demand a straight story—the kind that announces its respect for the material through impressively unvarnished performances, dutiful attention to period trappings, a tasteful approach to the story’s violence.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of announce
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mouth (off)

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“Mouth (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28off%29. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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